Sir William Gomm public house (site of)
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Sir William Gomm public house (site of)
Image: © Chris Lordan Taken: 19 Aug 2011
Site of that was in Commercial Street, Rotherhithe, SE16 (long demolished) from 1857 to 1873.Named after Sir William Maynard Gomm (1784-1875) Lord of the manor of Rotherhithe from 1822 until his death. Claimed that it was close to the dock and bought by the dock authorities when it was decided to lengthen Greenland Dock. Only one 'reasonable' place for its location on an 1868 map and by superimposing that map with a 1916 map (same scale) = position shown. Yellow lines indicate the path of Commercial Street. 50 yards behind me is the 'Moby Dick' pub. A second Sir W.G. pub was built in 1832 in Abbeyfield Road, SE16.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.495275
Longitude
-0.040688